Heller Consulting Group Inc —

Areas of Expertise

 

Our services are for attorneys only. Dr. Heller does not reply or give advice directly to consumers, litigants, or students. Ask your attorney to contact us directly. If this is a mental health emergency, call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room.

Civil Litigation — Related to Emotional & Mental Injury

Depend on us for personal injury litigation evaluations for both defense and plaintiff counsel. We have special expertise in the necessary forensic evaluations related to civil matters. We use interviews, collateral interviews, data collection, record reviews, and psychological tests to determine—in metric terms—the emotional and mental symptoms related to post-traumatic stress (PTSD) reported by plaintiffs. We also use these methods to assess whether a plaintiff may be minimizing, suppressing, or exaggerating symptoms of PTSD or other emotional reactions.

 

The cases that we have worked on cover a wide range of topics and issues, including:

  • Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and stress reactions.
  • Emotional pain suffered by people with disabilities, intellectual retardation, developmental delays, autism spectrum disorders, brain injury/trauma, and Asperger's disorder.
  • Injured child assessments.
  • Children who have been burned, bitten, or injured by animals, sexually abused, emotionally abused, or neglected in foster homes, hospitals, group homes, or other settings (e.g., a neighbor's home, children's camps, school buses, classrooms).
  • Assessment of children and adults who do not show obvious signs of PTSD or effects related to trauma due to cultural/family taboos (e.g., Punjab culture, Native American culture, suppressive family rules) about showing or talking about the trauma; or due to developmental/autism spectrum disorders, brain injuries, or verbal expression problems.
  • Foster care (standards), group homes (standards), institutional care for intellectually retarded/developmentally disabled (standards regarding level of supervision required, and pain and suffering), psychological care (standards), and assessment of evidence-based treatment.
  • Malpractice/ethical issues of behavioral health providers/institutional staff.
  • Psychological, psychiatric, and alcoholism treatment record reviews (inpatient and outpatient).
  • Inappropriate psychiatric hospitalization and negligent child welfare agency performance and care.
  • Alcoholism and other drug abuse problems, including accidental death caused by alcohol and other drug abuse, as well as addictions to prescription pain medication, Adderall, and other substances.
  • Personal injury, sexual harassment, emotional pain, long-term effects, long-term psychological treatment plans, and estimation of costs.
  • Symptoms and signs of child sexual abuse.
  • Children with special needs (psychological, educational) and learning disabilities.
  • The effects of bullying; school and agency responses to bullying; and inappropriate handling of school issues by schoolteachers, guidance staff, and school principals.
  • Suicide, homicide, psychological autopsy, crime victims, accidental death, and liability.
  • Work-related Injuries (emotional and trauma assessments).
  • Assessment of emotional pain to the victim or plaintiff's significant others/family.
  • Eating disorders, sexual addictions, gambling addictions, and other compulsive disorders (treatment of, effects of).
  • Native American issues (alcoholism, inter-generational post-traumatic stress, cross-cultural psychology, domestic violence, adoption issues, criminal involvement, pain and suffering).
  • Postpartum depression.
  • Police officers and stress; critical incident stress.
  • Pain and suffering caused by false arrests or inappropriate police/security guard behavior.
  • Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and alcoholism/drug/psychiatric claims.
  • Independent medical examinations related to accidents, motor vehicle accidents, and other accidents.
  • Case and trial consultations to legal teams regarding psychological/emotional aspects and analysis of pertinent psychological issues of a case.

Contact

Fill out the form below to receive a free and confidential case consultation.

Contact our office to book our evaluation and risk assessment services for legal matters that run the gamut from domestic abuse and sexual assault to criminal competency. We strive to respond to all case inquiries from attorneys by the end of the same business day.   

Manhattan Office (Mailing Address)

Two Park Avenue, 20th Floor

New York, NY 10016

Tel. (212) 880-3789,   (332) 333-5925.

 

New Jersey Office (Alternate Mailing Address)

140 East Ridgewood Avenue, South Tower, Suite 415

Paramus, NJ 07652

Tel. (201) 262-0331

Service Area

New York, New Jersey, and Nationally. Dr. Heller is a member of PSYPACT and is available on-site or via telehealth for all 40 PSYPACT-approved states or US territories: AL, AZ, AR, CO, CNMI,[1] CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, ME, MD, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NC, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WV, WI, WY. Consultation in California and several other states permitted by statute.  [1] CNMI refers to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Disclaimer: Our services are for attorneys only. Dr. Heller does not reply or give advice directly to consumers, litigants, or students. Ask your attorney to contact us directly. If this is a mental health emergency, call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room.